Tanara McCauley

Culturally Imagined Stories

Tag: query

  • Tainted: Querying March 1, 2025

    Hi everybody! I will officially begin querying for Tainted, my debut fantasy novel, on March 1st.  For those of you unfamiliar with the writing world, to query is to pitch your project to an agent for representation. It’s a behind-the-scenes deal, which means there won’t be a book in hand by March 1st nor will I reveal names of…

  • The Elevator Pitch

    I wrote this almost a year ago. Now that my story is finally ready for the pitching stage, I thought it appropriate to share again :-). The elevator pitch. In the writing world, it’s a short summary of your book that can be told to a prospective agent/editor/publisher in the time it takes to get…